Cypriot arrested in Greece for death of business partner

GREEK authorities have arrested a Cypriot man suspected of killing his business partner, also a Cypriot, in Athens on Wednesday.

After his arrest, it emerged that 42-year-old hotel owner Giorgos Trantas had also been wanted for the murder of a Serbian man in 2007.

The victim, Antonis Stylianou, 52, and the suspected killer had met in Palio Falyro on Wednesday to talk about some financial difference they had, reports said.

The suspect was allegedly demanding €600,000 from the victim. He was later shot twice in the head, reports said.

The suspect then put the body in the boot of Stylianou’s car and abandoned it in a deserted area in Rafina.

The suspect then wandered around until he called the police from the village of Mesopotamia and surrendered.

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